After checking in on the rest of her family, where Pinkamena found that they accepted her and her explanation of what had happened to her and Pinkie, she returned to Ponyville and quickly discovered that Kiriya must have been told about the situation while she was gone. Her reasoning for that was due to the fact that he and the remaining Hashira were present in the castle, even though they were far more surprised by the existence of a peaceful world and the fact that it produced a warrior like Pinkamena. Of course some of them were far more interested in the existence of a demonic empire, one that was far larger and more dangerous than Muzan and his forces, especially Spike's worry that the displaced heroes might also be endangering other worlds, if their enemies were smart enough. As such Kiriya decided to join forces with the rest of the heroes, allowing his Slayers to join the force that was preparing for the eventual invasion that Ember told them about, as all of them knew the demons were coming, they had no idea when.
Such a thing lead to them walking over to the arch area that they had passed through to go to Argus, where they found that one of the portals brought them to an amazing sight, a series of floating islands that seemed to contain the power of various elements, like fire, water, and earth, before discovering a massive school building in front of them.
"Welcome to the Skylands Academy, where our recruits train in the various arts that we discovered on the worlds we were sent to." Spike explained, where he lead them to an area where several figures, as there were dragons, both from Equus and the planet that he and Ember were sent to, ponies, griffins, and all sorts of races that Pinkamena hadn't seen before, such as a female bipedal rabbit who seemed to be a sorceress, a pair of bipedal cheetahs who were archers, and a female figure that was half dragon and half something else, maybe a faun, "We have warriors to teach you fighting techniques, magic users to help you tap into your inner potential, archers for long ranged fighting, and so much more... just know that Titan and the other Peace Keepers will want to see your techniques, to help you refine and master them."
"We've mastered our Breathing Styles, so we don't need additional training." Sanemi replied, once more showing them that he was the arrogant prick that Tanjiro had headbutted back during their first encounter, even though Pinkamena wasn't all that surprised at this point, he had a chip on his shoulder and it didn't seem like that would be changing anytime soon, so she kept her mouth shut on the matter.
"There's no such thing as perfection, as everyone can learn something new to improve their abilities," the hybrid remarked, where she spun around and delivered two powerful kicks to the training dummy in front of her, plus a tail slam, before she stopped, picked up a towel to wipe off her sweat, and walked over to them, allowing them to see that she wore a green robe that was more casual wear than armor, "Isn't that right, Spike?"
"You are correct, Elora." Spike said, where he smiled as he and the hybrid embraced each other for a moment, though at the same time Pinkamena stood there with shock on her face, as while she had been surprised by Spike becoming such a smart dragon in such a short period of time, and witnessing the knowledge he possessed, finding out that he had a girlfriend was a shock she wasn't expecting to discover, before they faced the group again, "The vast majority of the dragons that call the world Ember and I were sent to spend years, if not decades, training and mastering their individual talents, be that painting, sculpting, the art of war, the power of magic, potion making to heal beasts, patrolling the dreams of others to make sure no nightmares endanger them, and so much more. Spyro, Ember, and I, along with Elora, Hunter, Cynder, and the rest of our friends, spent years mastering our own techniques and improving our various skills, especially since we faced several adventures and even faced the Dark Master in battle... don't ask, as that's a lone tale that's better to be shared on another day."
"I understand, which is why I spent so long perfecting my own special Breathing Style, even refining after every fight I got into and ever foe I faced." Pinkamena commented, and it was especially true when she thought about learning the Sun Breathing techniques from Tanjiro's inherited memories from his ancestors, that took her some time, even with watching Yoriichi's echo performing each of the Forms as he effortlessly cut down his enemies, "Tanjiro, this is what you and the rest of the Slayers should do, if you want to join the fight against the demonic empire that is apparently targeting not only my home, but your home and who knows how many other planets... plus you won't have to worry about working yourself to death or fainting from exhaustion, as the trainers here look like they're extremely helpful and watchful."
"Yeah, we might actually learn... something." Tanjiro said, where the pause was more due to the fact that there was one dragon, who looked like he was wielding a rather interesting looking dagger, or knife according to Spike, who happened to be dueling a powerful warrior dragon who carried a battleaxe into battle, the pair fighting at impressive speeds while also showing no openings in their own defenses, "It's like watching two Hashira fight... I mean, we saw several of them during our training session, before the assault on Muzan's hidden stronghold, and I even fought besides a few during some of the more intense fights, but this... wow, I don't even know where to begin."
"I do! I want to fight the strong guys!" Inosuke proclaimed, something that caused the group to chuckle, even those who were getting used to him and his strange ways, or not so strange when Pinkamena considered that there were far more dragons than what they were used to seeing, so really Spike and Ember's group seemed to accept him with ease.
Inosuke, true to form, got his wish as soon as the two dragons were done fighting, where the knife wielder accepted his challenge and welcomed him to the ring, though that was when Pinkamena found that he was stronger than they thought, especially since he lost to the older dragon, as he stopped Inosuke's blades with a single short weapon. It was interesting to see such a thing happen, where his opponent made remarks about his stance and his swings, showing that he was also a trainer and that even they preferred to train and improve their skills, confirming Spike's comment from before, not that Pinkamena thought he was lying about it. Sure enough the dragon knocked Inosuke to the ground, caught Zenitsu and just knocked him out of the ring, and captured Tanjiro when he tried to challenge him, as all three decided to face him, but it just showed them the difference between the dragons of the new world and the Slayers she was familiar with. While she watched the training going on, tracking down all sorts of lessons that happened to be going on right now, Pinkamena just nodded her head, as this was the training that the Slayers needed to become true warriors, not just people who slew the Demons of their home world.
As she observed them, however, she found a purple scaled dragon with a yellow underbelly, who seemed dressed like he enjoyed a flight every now and then, while his opponent was a black scaled dragoness with a scythe-like curve to her tail, who was dressed like a warrior princess of some kind, and yet she could tell that they were stronger than she thought at first, given the energy she was feeling from them. They weren't the only ones she was feeling the energy of, as there were several other powerful dragons and figures around the floating islands, where Spike explained that the Guardians, those who were connected to the elements of fire, earth, lightning, and ice, were teachers as well, in both magic and weapons, while several Elders from another set of islands, including a dragon named Red, were present. There was so much to take in, that much Pinkamena could tell by just observing everything around the strange Skylands, before she felt the power of a dragon that was far stronger than Spike, Ember, and everyone else she had felt so far, where Spike informed her that she was likely feeling the power of Malefor himself.
Such a thing caused her to sweat a little, as the first purple dragon's power was far greater than Muzan's, in fact she was sure that he would be the best person for her to train with to boost her skills even higher, to which she let a smile grace her face as she looked forward to what the future held for them and their brand new friends and allies.